The objects! spectral image has turned out to be the chief 
interpretation feature, too, when Working on maps of land use in 
GDR's northern part, which has also enables Successful applica- 
tion of interpretation automatized technique to compile maps of 
this type 9 
Original in terms of their Subjects are the maps of 
populated places and settlement pattern, for the study of which 
Space photography provides very interesting data, as the images 
reflect indirectly the productional-functional types of populated 
places (though representing the surrounding landscape and 
reflecting interrelationships between populated places, expressed 
in the image brightness of roads and motorways. 
The atlas also provides maps with conservation themes. 
Thus, the Golodnaya steppe is dealt with in the map of contempo- 
rary landscapes, reflecting the degree of anthropogenic impact 
upon nature, Unfavourable processes, which are becoming active 
consequent upon irrational economic activity, have been described, 
In the case of the lake Zucer-Zee area in the central part 
of GDR an attempt has been made to produce recommendations as to 
nature protection in the special section of the landscape map 
legend, 
For the Pamiro-Alay area a special map of anthropogenic 
impact upon nature and its protection is compiled, which reflects 
the types of landscape anthropogenic modifications, the degree of 
anthropogenic impact and the major kinds of the recommended 
conservation measures. 
So, the atlas materials contain original techniques of 
dealing with multiband images, when using them in verious 
branches of the thematic mapping of nature and economy, therefore, 
the atlas can be utilized quite a lot. 
The atlas can serve as a scientific-methodical guide-book 
onmultiband image interpretation for the Specialists engaged in 
the studies of natural resources by remote-sensing; it can be 
used on a wider scale - as a visual aid in space photography 
application when compiling thematic maps — by cartograpers, 
geologists, soil experts, experts in farming and forest manage- 
ment, as well as those in conservation. There is no doubt it will 
be put to a wide use in universities. Students will be able to 
use it when studying the theory and practice of aerial and space 
methods to master skills Working with space images, when 
developing and compiling maps and in the studies of natural 
resources, 
The basic work in the production of the atlas has been 
carried out by the Moscow university Geographical faculty, the 
Institute of Space Research, USSR Academy of Sciences and the 
Central Institute of the Earth Physics, GDR Academy of Sciences, 
A number of other institutions have also participated in its 
preparation, while the big group of authors amounts to 50 
Specialists. 
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